Reading literary fiction improves 'mind-reading' skills, research shows
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 13:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Heated debates about the quantifiable value of arts and literature are a common feature of American social discourse. Now, two researchers from The New School for Social Research have published a paper in Science demonstrating that reading literary fiction enhances a set of skills and thought processes fundamental to complex social relationships—and functional societies.